by Petra Spiess | Aug 8, 2008 | Winemaking
Pour someone a glass of fine looking wine, then right before they are about to take a sip, tell them you made it—invariably there will a hesitation (the length of which depends on the default courtesy of the guest)—followed by questions. People are leery of homemade...
by DJ Spiess | Apr 21, 2008 | Winemaking
There are two choices for how to make wine , kit wines or wine from grapes. Each method has distinct advantages and disadvantages. These are the main differences between the two methods to help you decide which is better for you. Price difference between wine kits...
by DJ Spiess | Mar 5, 2008 | Winemaking
The Disaster I was distracted with several people talking to me and my daughter running around while I was making my wine kit. I grabbed what I thought was yeast and I tossed it into the wine. I noticed the yeast looked a bit like potassium sorbate and thought it...
by DJ Spiess | Aug 21, 2007 | Winemaking
You just sank $100 on a new wine kit. You rip open the box and get to work on making your wine. For your final step, you reach for the yeast packet and sprinkle it on the top. Then you see the #2 on the packet. It’s not the yeast. It’s the potassium...
